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Can Fam Physician. 2008 November; 54(11): 1557.
PMCID: PMC2592330
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Question: Can you identify this condition?
Vimal Prajapati, MD
First-year dermatology resident at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
P. Régine Mydlarski, MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor in the departments of medicine and medical genetics at the University of Calgary in Alberta
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figure 1557fig1
A 22-year-old woman presents with a 2-year history of hypopigmented, scaly macules coalescing into larger patches on her upper back. Her medical history is unremarkable and she is not taking any medications.
The most likely diagnosis is
  • Vitiligo
  • Pityriasis rosea
  • Mycosis fungoides
  • Tinea versicolor
Answer on page 1558
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